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Chapter 206
Not to mention suffering, Su actually enjoyed the journey very much.
Weisheng made a simple potato lamp and used it in the train compartment at night, saving money and keeping it safe. Su woke up early and, while the train was stopped, shredded the potatoes she'd worked on all night and prepared a salad to Weisheng's liking.
Because Weisheng had built a few wooden troughs, they even managed to bring the small vegetable garden near their rental house with them on their trip. So they got up early, heated up two steamed buns on a honeycomb coal stove, and made a vegetable soup, which they ate with some cold shredded potatoes for breakfast.
There was a kang table at home, as well as a regular square table propped up on the ground. Weisheng had specially placed the square table near the carriage door, so the two of them could sit on chairs and eat breakfast while enjoying the scenery outside.
After dinner, Su went to tend to the vegetables in the wooden trough, while Weisheng took a book and sat at the table, flipping through it casually. Whether she was absorbed in it or not was anyone's guess, but she certainly had the air of an artistic young woman.
The radio wasn't very good on the moving train, but luckily, Weisheng had brought a few cassettes with him before leaving, which he used instead of the radio to help him pass the time.
The chickens in the coop weren't used to the move, and their egg supply was completely cut off after they boarded the train. However, the tabby cat with its white hooves and white ruff was incredibly adaptable. It had already jumped onto the dining table, scratching at the bed with its front legs, and peering out of the train, its head brimming with curiosity.
Around nine o'clock, Weisheng would sit on a thick straw mat with Su Shi and chat about family matters. A kang table was set up next to them, on which lay freshly brewed tea, fruits, and snacks.
Su was a restless woman, her hands either sewing shoe soles or knitting. Despite her busy schedule, she never felt bored.
Around twelve o'clock, Su would discuss with Weisheng what to eat for lunch, and then go to make lunch.
After dinner, they would either get off and walk around when the train stopped, or walk around the carriage, then close the door of the freight car and take an undisturbed nap.
When they don’t know what to eat in the evening, they make dumplings.
Pack more and fry them tomorrow morning if you can’t finish them today.
Then, while frying the dumplings, Su felt a little sorry for the bread oven that couldn't move with them.
That's really good stuff.
It took them four days and five nights to reach Jinshi. Shi Dongzhi had borrowed a truck from the logistics department early in the morning and was waiting at the train station with a few comrades.
As soon as the train arrived, they walked back and found that there were too many freight cars. While they were still trying to figure out which one to reserve for Shi Dongzhi's family, Weisheng opened all the sliding doors of the freight cars.
In this era, the most popular clothing was military uniforms and Lenin suits. So even if a group of soldiers in military uniforms were standing on the platform, it would not be easy to identify them. Fortunately, as soon as Weisheng opened the door, Shi Dongzhi and his comrades saw Weisheng.
The moment Weisheng appeared, Shi Dongzhi's eyes suddenly lit up, and his body subconsciously took two steps towards Weisheng.
Seeing Shi Dongzhi like this, his comrades knew that they had found someone, so they followed Shi Dongzhi and ran towards the freight car.
"Isn't it my sister-in-law?"
"It should be." Weisheng looked at the soldier who was speaking, nodded at him with a smile, and then looked at Shi Dongzhi, "Let's move quickly."
The train's final destination is not Jinshi, so the train will not stop in Jinshi for too long. They have to move the luggage out of the freight car first to avoid affecting the normal departure of the train.
Speaking of which, their car has been late for several hours because of this and that.
Hearing this, Dongzhi first looked at Weisheng deeply, then looked through the car door Weisheng had opened to look at Su who was packing up her belongings. After finishing his packing, he turned to his comrades and said, "Move!"
The word "move" was like an order. The soldiers who arrived quickly jumped onto the truck, and while looking at the situation inside the truck, they began to move things out with amazement.
I've never seen anyone move house this way before.
A few people on the carriage moved things toward the door, and two more people stayed under the carriage to receive the things. Weisheng and Su Shi could also carry the small things down by themselves. In just a short while, they had moved all the belongings in the carriage to the platform.
Fortunately, there are special doors for freight at Jinshi Railway Station, so they don’t need to go out of the station like passengers.
Weisheng brought not only a tricycle but also three or four flatbeds with wheels. He put small items on the tricycle and furniture on the flatbed, and then he could push it around.
Even so, it still took them three or four moves to get all their belongings onto the truck.
Soon, except for the soldier driving the car and Su sitting in the cab, Weisheng, Shi Dongzhi and his comrades were all crowded in the truck bed.
On the train, there was a soldier who was curious about how much it cost for Weisheng to rent a freight car.
Weisheng thought about it and didn't say the amount directly, but explained in detail how the fee was calculated.
"One ton of freight costs 0.005 yuan per kilometer. The distance from Huyang to Jinshi is almost 1,500 kilometers, and the freight car can carry 60 tons. The original charge was 450 yuan, but later I helped the railway station repair a few things, so I only charged 400 yuan."
"400 yuan?"
Some soldiers thought the price was a bit expensive, while others looked at the luggage on the truck, the chickens in the cages, the vegetables in the wooden troughs and the tabby cat tied with a rope, and thought the price was quite cheap.
Seeing this, Weisheng smiled and continued, "These are things that the elderly in my family are used to. Even if I had the money to buy them now, I wouldn't have the same sentimentality as the old ones. Besides, some things may not be available immediately even if I have the money. 400 yuan seems a bit expensive, but what if I deduct the cost of the train tickets for my mother and me?"
"Two hard-seat tickets would cost at least two hundred yuan, right?"
After doing the math, the soldiers finally realized what was happening.
It turns out that renting a freight car actually saves a lot of money.
Shi Dongzhi didn't say anything. He just sat opposite Weisheng and listened to her clearly speaking to her comrades to calculate the cost of chartering the car, which was almost free.
There is admiration and pride in the eyes, and longing, joy, and a little bit of uneasiness and lack of confidence in the heart.
Shi Dongzhi thought he had been promoted to battalion commander and could finally stand by her side, but he discovered that she was even better than he had imagined.
She has raised me to be so outstanding, why should I ask her to accommodate me?
As if sensing Shi Dongzhi's mood at the moment, Weisheng turned his gaze towards him, tilted his head slightly, then gently raised his well-groomed eyebrows, and asked him with his eyes what was wrong?
cute!
With just this simple action, Shi Dongzhi was immediately touched by Weisheng's cuteness.
The corners of her lips rose slightly, giving Weisheng a comforting smile.
It's okay, don't worry!
Others didn't know how Shi Dongzhi and Weisheng got along with each other, but the soldiers in the truck were looking at each other, exchanging glances like a young couple.
'Look at them, how loving they are!'
"See? That smile on Lao Shi's face is so worthless."
"You can't blame Lao Shi. If a wife is this pretty and capable, she'll be very much in demand."
Shi Dongzhi ignored his comrades, took a deep breath, moved to sit next to Weisheng, and asked her in a low voice about her and Su's journey.
Are you tired? Have you suffered a lot?
Who helped you get all these belongings into the car when you came here?
Weisheng held the somewhat frightened tabby cat in his arms, stroked its fur, and answered Shi Dongzhi's question.
When Shi Dongzhi was in military school, he wrote a letter home almost once a month. Weisheng would write back to him when he received the letter, and he would not write to him on his own initiative if he did not receive the letter.
However, whether in the letter or when he visited the school before, Weisheng had never mentioned the training classes and free clinics to Shi Dongzhi. But when talking about moving, he did mention it.
The original intention was to tell Shi Dongzhi that she had done the first day of the month at the station, and she had done the fifteenth. Even if we both left the station, we would not owe each other anything.
But the truck bed is so small, and there is only limited space left after loading the belongings. Now that Weisheng mentioned what she had done for the garrison in the past three years and how the garrison took care of them, Shi Dongzhi and the soldiers in the truck bed were filled with emotion.
Such a good daughter-in-law is hard to find even with a lantern.
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The truck drove all the way to the family area of the base. As soon as the truck stopped, many family members and young soldiers came to greet it.
Everyone was talking and working hard to help. Not only did they get to know many of the family members at the first time, but they also moved all the luggage and belongings that Weisheng and the others brought from Huyang City into the house in a very short time.
Weisheng thought that the other party was being enthusiastic, but he didn't know that after her family members and soldiers stationed there learned that she had booked a truck to accompany the army, they all wanted to see her first and also see her belongings that required a truck to move.
Now that they saw the people and the luggage, their curiosity was satisfied.
However, this also resulted in a few more gossips and rumors contributed by Wei Shengyouqing in the family quarters.
The daughter-in-law of Battalion Commander Shi looks like a smart and capable person.
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All the belongings and luggage were brought from home, and they were just packed up and put back together again.
By the way, the family area still has its own entrance and yard, so that night Su took Shi Dongzhi to replant the vegetables in the wooden trough in the yard.
The next day, she asked Shi Dongzhi to get some materials for building a bread kiln, and she built the bread kiln that she had regretted all the way.
After another two or three days, seeing that the house was almost cleaned up, Weisheng went out to buy some fish and meat.
Following the custom of family members moving in at Huyang and Jindi garrisons, Weisheng and Su entertained two more guests, enjoying their own vegetables. This way, they had completely completed all the procedures for family members moving in.
Then, on the eleventh day after Weisheng arrived at the Jinshi base, the logistics department contacted Weisheng again to ask about his work assignment.
Military dependents can be assigned jobs, so the logistics department interviewed Weisheng. They asked her what jobs she had done before, what she was good at, and what her requirements were for the assigned job.
It will take at least sixteen or seventeen months before the college entrance examination resumes next year.
Tianjin is also considered to be in the north. Although it is warmer than Beijing in winter, it is just the difference between inside and outside the wall.
In the sixteen or seventeen months leading up to the college entrance examination next year, half of the time I have been standing in winter alone. When I think about having to get up early and go to work in the middle of winter, I feel tired and bored.
Oh, and for the remaining half, there's windy and rainy weather...
Weisheng didn't outright refuse the logistics department's arrangement, simply saying he needed to discuss it with his mother-in-law and Shi Dongzhi before making a decision. He then mentioned his expertise in medicine and equipment maintenance, and said if anything needed repairs at the base, or if anyone needed medical attention, they could contact her.
After Weisheng vigorously promoted himself, he went to the town supply and marketing cooperative which was very close to his residence. After that, he strolled back home.
In Jinshi, there's still a market for radio trade-ins. Selling one or two later can earn you as much as you would at work.
Besides, Shi Dongzhi was promoted to battalion commander and his salary increased to more than 100 yuan, which was enough to cover the expenses of their family of three.
That night, Weisheng told Su and Shi Dongzhi about his ideas. Su acted as if Weisheng was in charge of everything, and Shi Dongzhi also said that Weisheng could do whatever he wanted.
But before going to bed at night, Shi Dongzhi still asked Weisheng, "Is there anything I can do for you?"
Could you please not...keep me at a distance?
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